2023 · Q109
The celebrated group of poets in medieval Mathura and Vrindavana called the Ashta-Chhapa were the successors of which one of the following medieval Bhakti Saints?
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- AKabir of Benaras
- BChaitanya of Bengal
- CGuru Nanak of Punjab
- DSurdas of Braj region
Explanation
The Ashta-chhapa were the eight Brajbhasha poet-saints of the Pushti Marg tradition whose Krishna-bhakti poetry carried forward the devotional stream pioneered by Surdas of the Braj region, the foremost of their lineage. They were not successors of Kabir of Benaras, Chaitanya of Bengal or Guru Nanak of Punjab. Hence Surdas of the Braj region.